Heteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767

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Described:

Distribution: Tropical Asia. Introduced to Pacific Is., North, Central and South America, Macaronesia, Europe, Africa


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany Heteropoda venatoria maculipes Strand, 1907, (type material destroyed 1944); m -
  • Holotype: Tianjin Natural History Museum (TNHM), Tianjin, China Heteropoda hainanensis Li, 1991; f -
  • Holotype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China Heteropoda shimen Yin et al., 2000; m -
  • Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria Sarotes aulicus L. Koch, 1878; j -
  • Holotype: Western Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India (WRSP, WRC-ZSI), Poona/Pune, India Heteropoda andamanensis Tikader, 1977; f -
  • Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria Sarotes invictus L. Koch, 1878; 1f -
  • Holotype: Western Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India (WRSP, WRC-ZSI), Poona/Pune, India Heteropoda nicobarensis Tikader, 1977; f -
  • Holotype: Zoological Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC), Denmark Helicopis maderiana Thorell, 1875, (253); f -
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK Aranea venatoria Linnaeus, 1767, (not found); -
  • Holotype: Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM), Munich, Germany Ocypete thoracica C. L. Koch, 1845, (lost); m -
  • Holotype: Plant Protection Station of Ganzhou Prefecture (PPSG), Jiangxi, China Heteropoda hainanensis Li, 1991; m -
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany type material of Heteropoda venatoria chinesica Strand, 1907 destroyed 1944 - (Renner, 1988b)
  • Holotype: Aranea regia Fabricius, 1793 - type material probably lost or destroyed - (Zimsen, 1964)
  • Holotype: Aranea pallens Fabricius, 1798 - type material probably lost or destroyed - (Zimsen, 1964)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Sarotes peditatus Karsch, 1881, (3566) -
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Heteropoda nicki Strand, 1915, 1 f (4581-133) -
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Heteropoda nicki quala Strand, 1915, 1 f (4582-133) -
  • Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan Heteropoda tokarensis Yaginuma, 1961; m -
  • Lectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK Palystes ledleyi Hogg, 1922, (1924.III.1.485-490); m -
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France Olios freycineti Walckenaer, 1837; f -
  • Paratype: Western Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India (WRSP, WRC-ZSI), Poona/Pune, India Heteropoda andamanensis Tikader, 1977; 1m -
  • Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan Heteropoda tokarensis Yaginuma, 1961; 2m, 3f, 1j -
  • Syntype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany Heteropoda venatoria japonica Strand, 1907, (type material destroyed 1944); m -
  • Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK Heteropoda venatoria pluridentata Hogg, 1914, (1921.3.24.111-112); 2f -
  • Syntype: Zoological Museum of the Martin-Luther-University, Halle (Saale) (ZMUH), Germany (search of type material, 24.05.2019) 1m 1f (1553) of Ocypete bruneiceps [N.B.: in the orginal description are mentioned 6f and no m] -
  • Paralectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK Palystes ledleyi Hogg, 1922, (1924.III.1.485-490, 1924.III.1.791-794, 1924.111.1.495, 1924.111.1.496); 7f, 3j -
  • Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France Olios freycineti Walckenaer, 1837, (not found); f -
Taxonomic References
Aranea venatoria Linnaeus, 1767: 1035 (D) Original description
Aranea venatoria Fabricius, 1775: 439 (D)
Aranea venatoria Olivier, 1789: 230 (D)
Aranea regia Fabricius, 1793: 408 (D)
Aranea pallens Fabricius, 1798: 291 (D)
Heteropoda venatoria Latreille, 1804b: 135 (D)
Thomisus leucosius Walckenaer, 1805: 36, pl. 4, f. 33 (D)
Thomisus venatorius Latreille, 1806: 114 (D)
Micrommata setulosa Perty, 1833: 195, pl. 38, f. 13 (Dm)
Ocypete setulosa C. L. Koch, 1836a: 40, f. 195 (Dm)
Olios leucosius Walckenaer, 1837: 566 (Dmf)
Olios antillianus Walckenaer, 1837: 568 (Dm)
Olios freycineti Walckenaer, 1837: 569 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061010]
Olios colombianus Walckenaer, 1837: 571 (Df)
Ocypete pallens C. L. Koch, 1837a: 82, f. 304 (Dm)
Ocypete setulosa C. L. Koch, 1837b: 28, pl. 4, f. 49
Olios setulosus Walckenaer, 1841: 474
Ocypete thoracica C. L. Koch, 1845: 42, f. 982 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028981]
Ocypete murina C. L. Koch, 1845: 36, f. 978 (Df)
Ocypete draco C. L. Koch, 1845: 44, f. 983 (Df)
Olios albifrons Lucas, 1852: 76 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061009]
Olios javensis Doleschall, 1857: 428 (Df)
Olios gabonensis Lucas, 1858: 407 (Dmf)
Olios zonatus Doleschall, 1859: 54, pl. 14, f. 4 (Df)
Olios javensis Doleschall, 1859: pl. 13, f. 7 (f)
Olios lunula Doleschall, 1859: 54, pl. 6, f. 5, pl. 7, f. 5, pl. 9, f. 12 (m, misidentified)
Ocypete bruneiceps Giebel, 1863: 320 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055211]
Olios leucosius Vinson, 1863: 98, 304, pl. 2, f. 3 (f)
Ocypete pallens Giebel, 1863: 317 (Df)
Sparassus ammanita Dufour, 1863b: 9, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df)
Olios regius Gerstaecker, 1873: 482 (Dmf)
Sarotes regius L. Koch, 1875a: 675, pl. 56, f. 1-2 (mf)
Helicopis maderiana Thorell, 1875c: 123 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029247]
Heteropoda thoracica Thorell, 1878b: 192 (m, S of Heteropoda lunula; revalidated by Jäger, 2002b: 49)
Sarotes truncus McCook, 1878b: 147, f. 2C (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028984]
Sarotes venatorius McCook, 1878b: 144, f. 2, 2C, E (Dmf)
Heteropoda venatoria Thorell, 1878b: 191 (S of Ocypete bruneiceps)
Sarotes aulicus L. Koch, 1878c: 766, pl. 16, f. 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028843]
Sarotes invictus L. Koch, 1878c: 767, pl. 16, f. 32 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028895]
Heteropoda aulica Simon, 1880a: 270
Palystes maderianus Simon, 1880a: 263
Heteropoda invicta Simon, 1880a: 270
Sarotes peditatus Karsch, 1881c: 38 (Df)
Olios maderianus Simon, 1883: 281, 309
Heteropoda ferina Simon, 1887i: 102 (Dm)
Heteropoda thoracica Thorell, 1892a: 24 (f)
Heteropoda regia Simon, 1897a: 54, f. 41
Heteropoda venatoria Pocock, 1897c: 613, pl. 25, f. 18 (m)
Heteropoda ocellata Pocock, 1903b: 96 (Dm)
Heteropoda truncus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 275
Heteropoda venatoria Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 273, pl. 6, f. 64, pl. 16, f. 453 (mf)
Heteropoda invicta Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 275, pl. 15, f. 437, pl. 16, f. 448 (f, Dm)
Heteropoda venatoria chinesica Strand, 1907b: 559 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028990]
Heteropoda venatoria japonica Strand, 1907b: 559 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028994]
Heteropoda venatoria maculipes Strand, 1907b: 559 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028996]
Heteropoda venatoria aulica Strand, 1909f: 6
Heteropoda venatoria thoracica Merian, 1911: 255
Heteropoda venatoria Järvi, 1912: 77, f. 61, pl. 8, f. 3-6 (f)
Heteropoda venatoria Järvi, 1914: 197
Heteropoda venatoria pluridentata Hogg, 1914a: 57 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028999]
Heteropoda nicki Strand, 1915d: 246 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028931]
Heteropoda nicki quala Strand, 1915d: 247 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028932]
Palystes ledleyi Hogg, 1922: 296, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028906]
Heteropoda venatoria Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 14, f. 8-11 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Gravely, 1931: 251, f. 9C, 10D (mf)
Heteropoda regia Berland, 1932b: 389, f. 558-560 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Nakatsudi, 1942a: 320, f. 41 (m)
Heteropoda venatoria Sekiguchi, 1943: 68, f. 1, 3-4 (f)
Heteropoda venatoria Nakatsudi, 1943a: 175, f. 22a-b (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Bücherl, 1959: 289, f. 1-13 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Yaginuma, 1960: 118, f. 98.1, 3 (mf)
Heteropoda tokarensis Yaginuma, 1961a: 84, f. G-L (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028983]
Heteropoda venatoria Chrysanthus, 1965a: 356, f. 29-33, 73 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Yaginuma, 1971: 118, f. 98.1, 3 (mf)
Heteropoda andamanensis Tikader, 1977a: 189, f. 16A-E (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028839]
Heteropoda nicobarensis Tikader, 1977a: 191, f. 17A-D (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028933]
Heteropoda venatoria Paik, 1978e: 398, f. 179.1-3 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Yin, Wang & Hu, 1983: 34, f. 5H (m)
Heteropoda venatoria Hu, 1984: 311, f. 328 (f)
Heteropoda tokarensis Yaginuma, 1986a: 200, f. 111.4 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Yaginuma, 1986a: 199, f. 111.1 (mf)
Heteropoda andamanensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 15, f. 40-45 (mf)
Heteropoda nicobarensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 28, f. 130-134 (f)
Heteropoda venatoria Hancock & Hancock, 1988: 18, f. 1-8 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 16, f. 52-57 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Chikuni, 1989b: 130, f. 1 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Feng, 1990: 175, f. 150.1-5 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Chen & Gao, 1990: 158, f. 202 (f)
Heteropoda squamacea Wang, 1990c: 8, f. 6-8 (f; misidentified per Liu, Li & Jäger, 2008b: 65)
Heteropoda hainanensis Li, 1991: 366, f. 1-4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028886]
Heteropoda venatoria Chen & Zhang, 1991: 262, f. 275.1-2 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Davies, 1994: 83, f. 2A, E, 4A-B, 5A-B (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 290, f. 1452-1454 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Ledoux & Hallé, 1995: 8, f. 7A-F (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 276, f. 161a-f, 162a-f, 163a-f. 164a-d (mf)
Heteropoda ledleyi Croeser, 1996: 114 (T from Palystes)
Heteropoda minschana Peng, Yin & Kim, 1996a: 57, f. 1-4 (f, misidentified)
Heteropoda hainanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 467, f. 268O (m)
Heteropoda venatoria Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 468, f. 269C, I (mf)
Sinopoda pengi Song & Zhu in Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 469, f. 270G-H (f, misidentified)
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 1999b: 21, f. 9-11 (m)
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger & Ono, 2000: 47, f. 18-19, 22-24 (m only, not f)
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 2000a: 53, f. 1-7 (mf)
Heteropoda shimen Yin et al., 2000b: 98, f. 4-6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061012]
Heteropoda venatoria Hu, 2001: 312, f. 184.1-2 (f; probably a misidentified Pseudopoda, per Jäger & Yin, 2001: 127)
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger & Yin, 2001: 125 (S of Heteropoda shimen)
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 2001b: 19, f. 12g, 14a, 22l-m (m)
Heteropoda venatoria Namkung, 2002: 499, f. 40.3a-b (mf)
Sinopoda tokarensis Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 27, f. 43 (m)
Sinopoda venatoria Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 27, f. 41 (m, lapsus)
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 2002b: 51 (S of Heteropoda ledleyi, H. venatoria pluridentata, Olios albifrons, O. freycineti and O. maderianus)
Heteropoda venatoria Namkung, 2003: 502, f. 40.3a-b (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 166, f. 48-53 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2005: 104, f. 1-7 (mf; misidentified per Jäger, 2014b: 148)
Heteropoda venatoria Ono, 2009a: 472, f. 16-19 (mf, S of Heteropoda invicta)
Heteropoda venatoria Marusik & Kuzminykh, 2010: 99, f. 6-10 (f)
Heteropoda venatoria Saaristo, 2010: 218, f. 32.9-10 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Taucare-Ríos & Brescovit, 2011: 39, f. 1-5 (f)
Heteropoda venatoria Yin et al., 2012: 1231, f. 659a-g, 3-13d-e (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Ramírez, 2014: 226, f. 154E (m)
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 2014b: 147, f. 1-25 (mf, S of Heteropoda andamanensis, H. aulica, H. hainanensis, H. nicki, H. n. quala, H. nicobarensis, H. thoracica, H. tokarensis, H. truncus, H. venatoria chinesica, H. v. japonica and H. v. maculipes)
Heteropoda venatoria Sen et al., 2015: 57, f. 289-293, pl. 16 (f)
Heteropoda venatoria Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 86, 5 f. (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 45, f. 140-145, pl. 19 (m)
Heteropoda venatoria Zhang & Wang, 2017: 692, 5 f. (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Tyagi et al., 2019: Supplement, f. S2.63, S3.7-10 (mf)
Heteropoda venatoria Korai & Wang, 2023a: 44, f. 9A-E, 10A-D, 12E (mf)
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Koch, C. L. (1845). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Zwölfter Band, pp. 1-166, pl. 397-432 (f. 960-1077). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1875a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 12-16]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 577-740, pl. 44-65. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1878c). Japanesische Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 27(1877): 735-798, pl. 15-16. -- Show included taxa

Korai, S. K. & Wang, K. (2023a). Six Heteropoda spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, China. Plant Protection 7(1): 33-53. doi: 10.33804/pp.007.01.4452 -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1804b). Tableau methodique des Insectes. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 24: 129-295. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum. Paris, tome 1, 302 pp. (Araneae, pp 82-127). -- Show included taxa

Ledoux, J.-C. & Hallé, N. (1995). Araignées de l'île Rapa (îles Australes, Polynésie). Revue Arachnologique 11: 1-15. -- Show included taxa

Li, A. H. (1991). Two new species of spiders of the genus Heteropoda from China (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Acta Agriculturae Universitatis Jiangxiensis 13: 366-369. -- Show included taxa

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Lucas, H. (1852). Description de l'Olios albifrons. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (2) 10(Bull.): 76-78. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1858). Aptères. In: Thomson, J. (ed.) Voyage au Gabon. Archives Entomologiques de M. J. Thomson 2, 377-445, pl. 12-13. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.11206 -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. & Kuzminykh, G. V. (2010). On two spider genera new to Russia (Aranei: Corinnidae, Sparassidae). Arthropoda Selecta 19(2): 97-100. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.19.2.07 -- Show included taxa

McCook, H. C. (1878b). Note on the probable geographical distribution of a spider by the trade winds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 30: 136-147. -- Show included taxa

Merian, P. (1911). Die Spinnenfauna von Celebes. Beiträge zur Tiergeographie im Indoaustralischen Archipel. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 31: 165-354. -- Show included taxa

Nakatsudi, K. (1942a). Arachnida from Izu-Sitito. Journal of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 1(4): 287-328, pl. 11-12. -- Show included taxa

Nakatsudi, K. (1943a). Some Arachnida from Micronesia. Journal of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 2: 147-180, pl. 12-14. -- Show included taxa

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Olivier, G. A. (1789). Araignée, Aranea. In: Encyclopédie Méthodique, Histoire Naturelle, Insectes. Tome quatrième. Panckoucke, Paris, pp. 173-240. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.82248 -- Show included taxa

Ono, H. (2009a). The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, 739 pp. -- Show included taxa

Paik, K. Y. (1978e). Araneae. Illustrated Fauna and Flora of Korea 21: 1-548. -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J., Yin, C. M. & Kim, J. P. (1996a). One species of the genus Heteropoda and a description of the female Heteropoda minshana Schenkel, 1936 (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Korean Arachnology 12(1): 57-61. -- Show included taxa

Perty, M. (1833). Arachnides Brasilienses. In: de Spix, J. B. & Martius, F. P. (eds.) Delectus animalium articulatorum quae in itinere per Braziliam ann. 1817 et 1820 colligerunt. Monachii [= München/Munich], pp. 191-209, pls. 38-39. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1930b). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part three. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 31: 1-191. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1897c). Spinnen (Araneae). In: Kükenthal, W. (ed.) Ergebnisse einer zoologische Forschungsreise in dem Molukken und Borneo. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 591-629. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1903b). On some genera and species of South-American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11(61): 81-115. doi: 10.1080/00222930308678729 -- Show included taxa

Ramírez, M. J. (2014). The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390: 1-374. doi: 10.1206/821.1 (External link) -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. -- Show included taxa

Sekiguchi, K. (1943). [Life history of Heteropoda venatoria Linnaeus]. Acta Arachnologica 8(3): 66-73. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.8.66 -- Show included taxa

Sen, S., Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News 20: 1-339. -- Show included taxa

Sethi, V. D. & Tikader, B. K. (1988). Studies on some giant crab spiders of the family Heteropodidae from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publications, Occasional Paper 93: 1-94. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1880a). Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 34(2/3/4): 223-351. [[issue 3 and 4 were published in 1881, but a complete seperate extract was available in 1880, see the last page of the pdf]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1883). Études arachnologiques. 14e Mémoire. XXI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique des îles de l'Océan Atlantique (Açores, Madère, Salvages, Canaries, Cap Vert, Sainte-Hélène et Bermudes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 3: 259-314. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1887i). Etude sur les arachnides de l'Asie méridionale faisant partie des collections de l'Indian Museum (Calcutta). I. Arachnides recueillis à Tavoy (Tenasserim) par Moti Ram. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, part II (Natural History) 56(1): 101-117. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-192. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907b). Vorläufige Diagnosen süd- und ostasiatischer Clubioniden, Ageleniden, Pisauriden, Lycosiden, Oxyopiden und Salticiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 558-570. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1909f). Süd- und ostasiatische Spinnen. II. Fam. Clubionidae. Fam. Salticidae. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Görlitz 26: 1-128. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1915d). Indoaustralische, papuanische und polynesische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums, gesammelt von Dr E. Wolf, Dr J. Elbert u. a. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Hanseatischen Südsee-Expedition 1909. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 36(2): 179-274, pl. 13-19. -- Show included taxa

Taucare-Ríos, A. O. & Brescovit, A. D. (2011). La araña cangrejo gigante Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767) (Araneae:Sparassidae:Heteropodinae) en Chile. Boletín de Biodiversidad de Chile 5: 39-44. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1875c). Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 13(5): 1-204. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1878b). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 5-317. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1892a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 31: 1-490. -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1977a). Studies on spider fauna of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Indian Ocean. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 72: 153-212. -- Show included taxa

Tyagi, K., Kumar, V., Kundu, S., Pakrashi, A., Prasad, P., Caleb, J. T. D. & Chandra, K. (2019). Identification of Indian spiders through DNA barcoding: cryptic species and species complex. Scientific Reports 9(14033): 1-13 & Supplement. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50510-8 -- Show included taxa

Vinson, A. (1863). Aranéides des îles de La Réunion, Maurice et Madagascar. Librairie Classique Eugène Belin, Paris, 337 pp., pl. 1-14. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.125517 -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Dentu, Paris, 88 pp. -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Tome deuxième. Roret, Paris, 549 pp., pl. 16-22. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[not published in 1837, see pp. 430, 452, 505; plates in second pdf of Walckenaer, 1837]] -- Show included taxa

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Yaginuma, T. (1961a). Spiders from the Tokara islands. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 13: 82-86. -- Show included taxa

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Yoo, J. C. & Kim, J. P. (2002a). Studies on basic pattern and evolution of male palpal organ (Arachnida: Araneae). Korean Arachnology 18: 13-31. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2023-05-02 New taxonomic reference entry Korai & Wang, 2023a
2019-10-05 New taxonomic reference entry Tyagi et al., 2019
2019-03-22 New taxonomic reference entry Zhang & Wang, 2017
2017-10-27 New taxonomic reference entry Baba & Tanikawa, 2015
2017-02-08 New taxonomic reference entry Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017
2015-12-10 New taxonomic reference entry Sen et al., 2015
2014-07-25 New taxonomic reference entry Ramírez, 2014
2014-07-07 Taxonomic reference update Jäger, 2014b Old value
2014-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Jäger, 2014b
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda hainanensis synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda nicobarensis synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda andamanensis synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda tokarensis synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda nicki quala synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda nicki synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda venatoria maculipes synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda venatoria chinesica synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda venatoria japonica synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda truncus synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda aulica synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda thoracica synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria

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